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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
By Emma Farge

UN hopes Russian fertiliser cargo can show the way to ease port backlog

FILE PHOTO: A truck is seen at a grain terminal during barley harvesting in Ukraine on June 23, 2022. REUTERS/Igor Tkachenko/File Photo

A shipment next week of Russian fertiliser exports to Malawi could set an example and help to ease a 300,000-tonne backlog in European ports, a U.N. official said on Friday as the body addresses Russian concerns that threaten a Black Sea grains export deal.

An agreement designed to alleviate global food shortages by helping Ukraine export its agricultural products from Black Sea ports was extended for four months on Thursday, though Moscow said its demands had yet to be addressed.

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